﻿1742 CATALOGUE OF 



I. N^SIA MGESTA. 



Mas. Ferruginea ; abdomen obscure cinereum ; tarsi nigricantes 

 pallido fasciati ; alee anticce lineis nigricantibus undulatis 

 diffusis incompletis, submarginali e guttis paucis rufescenti- 

 bus, puncto discali interiore albo, puncto basali nigro^ orbi- 

 culari parva rufescente, reniformi magna teslaceo et rufescente 

 marginata albo bipunctata ; posticce ceneo-fuscce, fimbria pal- 

 lida fasco interlineata. 



Noctua moesta, Moritz, MSS. 



Male. Ferruginous. Abdomen dark cinereous above, except 

 at the base and at the tip. Tarsi blackish, with pale bands. Fore 

 wings with the lines blackish, undulating, rather diffuse and incom- 

 plete ; submarginal line indicated by a few reddish dots ; a black 

 basal point, and a white point in the disk near the base ; orbicular 

 mark small, reddish ; reniform large, bordered with testaceous and 

 partly with reddish, and having two white points on the hind part 

 of its exterior border. Hind wings aeneous-brown, with a pale 

 fringe, which is interlined with brown ; under side pale, with a 

 blackish discal mark and an exterior blackish band. Length of the 

 body 11 lines; of the wings 22 lines. 



Venezuela. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



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NVSTALEA iEQUIPAES. 



Mas. Pallide cervina ; caput fas ciculis duobus ereciis rufescenti- 

 bus ; palpi nigricante varii ; antennce serratce ; abdomen 

 cinereo-fuscum^ alas posticas dimidio superans ; alee anticce 

 dimidio basali ferrugineo-rufescentes, basi ex parte testacece, 

 dimidio apicali sordide albidce lineis diffusis undulatis fus- 

 cescentibus plagaque costali rufescente-ferrugineo nigro notata, 

 margine venisque exterioribus nigricante fusco punctatis; 

 posticce albidcB, margine latissimo ceneo-fusco. 



Male. Pale fawn-colour, mostly pale cinereous beneath. 

 Palpi partly blackish. Head with two erect reddish tufts at the 

 base of the antennae, which are serrated. Abdomen cinereous- 

 brown, extending for half its length beyond the hind wings. Fore 

 wings ferruginous reddish for about half the length from the baseJ 

 near which they are partly testaceous ; a black line divides thii 

 part from the exterior half, which is dingy whitish, with diffuse 



